How to help your children to face the bullyng.

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One of the topics most commented on today in our society is the theme of school bullyng. Refers to the physical or psychological harassment that a child or adolescent is subjected to in school, or in the street, at some point in their life, by another or other classmates.

Bullyng school is synonymous with harassment or bullying, is a violent practice that attacks the self-esteem of the student who is thus subjected. The damage has even reached, in some cases, the limit of suicide.

The escalation of school violence attributed to bullyng today is worrisome. In countries such as Spain, around 50% of children affected by this cruel and inhuman behavior that can leave physical or psychological consequences for life.

The bullyng is a terrible scourge, that without a doubt, we must face collectively, since it significantly affects the physical and emotional health of the child or adolescent who suffers it, his academic performance, and even affects his own family peace.

Our own children may be victims of bullyng, without even us suspecting it, because usually, they prefer to be silent out of fear. But, also, unfortunately, they could be the protagonists of that violence, as perpetrators.

In this opportunity I will present some recommendations to prevent children and young people from being victims of this threat in their daily environment.
How to detect if they are suffering bullyng at present? How to face it? What help to provide if they have already been harassed? Let's see:

• Talk with your children about bullying. What is it? Why it occurs and what to do if the bullyng situation arises. Let them know that the right thing to do is to try to talk to their classmates in order to make them understand, in a good way, that it is a violent and reprehensible behavior.

• Keep a close relationship with your children, get to know them, observe their mood and behavior frequently. Try to visualize if your child might be having a problem with their self-esteem. Children and young people with self-esteem problems tend to be more prone to bullying.

• Try to meet the friends and partners of your children and the relationship you have with them, in order to detect if there is a problem or rivalry with any one in particular.

• Orient your children so they do not stop the harassment, so they do not feel fear, but on the contrary, they feel supported in the situation.

• Promote in your children the practice of some self-defense activity, through which they can strengthen their body and at the same time develop self-confidence. Hardly a child trained in self defense will be a victim of bullying.
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• Visit your children's school regularly and actively participate in the bullyng eradication. Make sure that cases, if any, do not go unpunished. Suggest or promote group activities that encourage good relationships between classmates, cooperation, mutual respect, solidarity, exchange, among other values and positive principles.

• Suggest the possibility of having security cameras in the school institution, if bullyng cases occur frequently, in order to minimize the possibility of recurrence.

• Promote, as a parent or representative, the holding of talks and other school activities related to the bullyng, in order to raise awareness in the educational community.

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If your child has been a victim or is currently being bullyng:

• Maintain permanent contact with the school or the competent authority, and look for the immediate solution to the problem together with managers and teachers.

• Stay alert to the development of the situation, observing daily the emotional behavior of your child.

• Try to talk, if possible, with the parents of the children or young bullies.

• If the situation does not improve, or if it gets worse, change your child's school and encourage him to find new friends. Nothing worse for a person subjected to bullyng, than having to continue frequenting the place that is hostile to him.

• Provide total and permanent support to your child in the face of bullying, and offer psychological assistance with a specialized professional, if you notice that your child does not want to leave home or go to school. This will prevent your emotional situation from worsening.

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Always denounce, before the competent authorities, any case of school aggression that occurs, because impunity only increases this scourge in our society.

Do you want to contribute some other idea to eradicate the bullyng in our society? Welcome your comments. Greetings.